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🌍🚀 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧: 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. Here’s a snapshot of BRAIN's latest immersion visit to #South_Africa, taking a delegation of 6 champions of its third cohort ToumAI Analytics and DeepLeaf (Morocco), APISentry (Nigeria), NextAV (Tunisia), Reme-D.Inc (Egypt), and Fluorobiotech (PTY) Ltd (South Africa), to explore the ecosystem and showcase their ventures during the Africa Early Stage Investor Summit 2024 Summit, gathering regional change makers investing in the future of the continent. Shoutout to the organizing team VC4A and ABAN, and Enkromelle Andrew and the whole team for being amazing hosts! What a dynamic and busy week it was! An appreciation mention to the organizing committee of the Cape_Town_Oxford_Pitching and Networking Event, Savant team, Thaheer MULLINS, for hosting us at the Savant Group office and for supporting our immersion efforts, The Knife Capital VC and the @Grindstone teams @Lucie Fink & @Catherine young for welcoming us and sharing sharing invaluable insights on VC cycles, transitioning from local to global markets, and actionable fundraising strategies. Shoutout to their amazing alumni startups: Botlhale AI (CEO Thapelo Nthite), AdaginTech (CEO Thapelo Nthite), and Locstat (CEO Sanjay Daya). A big thank you to @Malloron Nair Henri Zietsman from the @Disarptor and Amazon Web Services (AWS) teams for their warm welcome and insightful session on investment challenges, distribution channels, and scaling strategies. It was a pleasure meeting Duval Van Zijl from the Holocene VC, Dustin Strydom, Kirsten Miller-Duys Hyrax Biosciences, Marco Gian and Nick Roelofs, Yusuf Vawda from @UCT, Michelle Kleu, Nadia Ernest, Ethel Makovah from the Innovation City Cape Town. A special thanks to our ecosystem friends Nathaniel Witbooi, Nivesh Pather, Wayne Stocks, Brandon Paschal @sun.ac.za, Ross Rayne Vermeulen, Henry Rahmann, Thaheer MULLINS, Kate Hach, for their continuous support and to the partners making this possible. 🚀 Interested in joining BRAIN next cohort to be part of international immersions that can accelerate your startup growth? Applications for BRAIN 4.0 are now open! 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🔗 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dRHs_3k4 BRAIN is an initiative run by Open Startup, in partnership with AfricaGrow, Digital Africa, AfricInvest Group, and MIT-Africa. #BRAIN4DeepTech #DeepTech #OpenStartup #HealthTech #Innovation #Africa #Startups #Investment